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wmj 71aa4ae47c feat: close 3 more competitive gaps — recommendations engine, multi-madhab Faraid, draft will PDF
Closes 3 of the remaining 4 gaps from the competitive benchmark:

- Coverage Dashboard now has a rule-based recommendations engine
  (recommendations.js) surfacing plain-language next steps from data
  already in the app — exposed assets, missing Wassiyah, unverified
  assets, unlinked liabilities, missing insurance/Zakat setup,
  insufficient attestors, no agent assigned, no Waqf configured.

- Faraid Calculator gains a madhab selector (Shafi'i/Hanafi/Maliki/
  Hanbali) encoding the one well-documented divergence this engine's
  existing rules touch: whether radd extends to a sole-heir spouse
  (Hanafi: yes; Shafi'i/Maliki/Hanbali: no, residue unallocated).
  Ja'fari (Shia) is honestly gated as unsupported rather than silently
  computed with Sunni rules, since it's a structurally different
  classification system, not a parameter tweak. faraid.test.js grows
  from 14 to 17 cases covering the divergence and the gating.

- Wassiyah tab gains a 'Generate draft will document' button producing
  a formatted, statutory-style DRAFT will (declaration/revocation,
  executor appointment, bequest schedule, witness attestation blocks)
  via browser print-to-PDF — no new PDF dependency. Clearly watermarked
  'DRAFT — NOT EXECUTED, requires physical signing and witnessing.'
  Not a claim of legal validity, a lawyer-reviewable starting point.

The 4th gap (human-in-the-loop professional tier) remains open — out
of scope for a self-serve prevention tool. COMPETITIVE_BENCHMARK.md
updated to reflect closed/partially-closed status on each item.

Covered by e2e-gaps-round2.cjs (14/14) plus 3 new faraid.test.js cases.
Full regression: 226/226 across all suites.
2026-08-14 12:15:54 +08:00

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# Nur Falah vs. 5 Islamic Estate-Planning Competitors
Compared against: Legacy Logic / Al Yusra+ (Malaysia, AI-powered), MyPusaka / Wasiyyah Shoppe
(Malaysia, legacy incumbent), My Islamic Wills (UK), True Wills (UK), Rafiq Islamic Finance OS
(US/global fintech).
## Feature matrix
| Capability | Nur Falah | Legacy Logic | MyPusaka | My Islamic Wills | True Wills | Rafiq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faraid calculator | Yes | Yes (via report) | Yes | Partial | Partial | No |
| Wassiyah (1/3 cap enforced) | Yes, per-member | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Hibah tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Family Waqf | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | No | No |
| Legally-filable Will document | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Human lawyer/consultant tier | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Multi-user family account w/ roles (owner/agent/member) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Death trigger + attestor workflow | Yes, dual-attestor, per-member | No | No | No | No | No |
| Automated heir email notification | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Mutawalli/trustee live dashboard | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Family genealogy/tree with photos | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Coverage % dashboard (asset-by-instrument) | Yes | Partial (static report) | No | No | No | No |
| Insurance/Takaful tracking | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Liabilities/debt tracking | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Asset ownership verification (proof docs + confirm) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Zakat calculator | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Multi-madhab support | No (single ruleset) | No | No | No | No | Yes (5 schools) |
| AI guidance / recommendations | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Bank/brokerage account linking | No (explicitly out of scope) | No | No | No | No | Yes (Plaid) |
| Paid pricing / commercial tier | No (demo) | Yes | Yes | Yes (GBP 98-350) | Yes (GBP 98-350) | Yes (freemium) |
## Where Nur Falah leads
None of the five competitors treat estate planning as a living, multi-person,
collaboratively-administered system. All five are single-user "fill in a form, get a PDF"
products — a static document written once and hoped to be found later. Nur Falah's
differentiators:
- **Family-shared accounts with real RBAC** (owner/agent/member, enforced via RLS) — every
competitor is one account, one estate.
- **A trigger mechanism that actually does something** — dual-attestor confirmation, per-member
death triggers, and automated heir email notification. Competitors stop at "here's your will
PDF"; none automate what happens *after* death.
- **A live mutawalli dashboard** — ongoing administration, not a one-time document.
- **Coverage %, genealogy tree, insurance/liabilities, asset verification** — this granularity
does not exist anywhere else in the set.
## Gaps — status
1. **Legally-filable Will output — partially closed.** Wassiyah tab now generates a formatted,
statutory-style DRAFT will document (declaration/revocation, executor appointment, bequest
schedule, witness attestation blocks) via a print-to-PDF flow, clearly watermarked "DRAFT —
NOT EXECUTED." This is a real time-saver for a lawyer to review and finalize, not a claim
that the app produces a legally executed document — that still requires physical signing,
witnessing, and jurisdiction-specific legal review. A fully legally-valid, notarized/filed
output remains out of scope.
2. **Zakat calculator — closed.** New per-member Zakat tab: Nisab check + 2.5% on cash, gold,
silver, business assets, and investments, minus deductible liabilities.
3. **Single madhab assumption — partially closed.** Faraid calculator now has a madhab
selector (Shafi'i/Hanafi/Maliki/Hanbali) encoding the one well-documented divergence this
engine's rules actually touch — whether radd (return of residue) extends to a sole-heir
spouse. Ja'fari (Shia) is deliberately gated as unsupported rather than silently computed
with Sunni rules, since it uses a structurally different classification system, not a
parameter tweak.
4. **No human-in-the-loop / professional tier — open.** Every competitor pairs software with a
lawyer or consultant; Nur Falah remains self-serve only.
5. **AI guidance layer — closed.** Coverage Dashboard now surfaces a rule-based
recommendations list (exposed assets, missing Wassiyah, unverified assets, unlinked
liabilities, no insurance logged, no Zakat set up, insufficient attestors, no agent
assigned, no Waqf configured) — every recommendation traces to a concrete fact already in
the app's data, not a generated guess.
## Sources
- https://www.createwills.my/legacy-logic-malaysias-first-ai-powered-estate-planning-tool-for-islamic-conventional-wills/
- https://mypusaka.online/home/
- https://truewills.co.uk/about/
- https://myislamicwills.co.uk/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rafiq-islamic-finance-os/id6757416672
- https://rockwills.com/islamic-estate-planning-in-malaysia-secure-shariah-compliant-wealth-distribution/